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Xinjiang witnesses a historic leap in the past 60 years
October 08, 2015
Xinjiang Xiaerxili Nature Reserve in the summer time, July 26, 2015. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
Since its founding on October 1, 1955, China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has spent 60 springs to the date. The advancement in the history is always embodied by some details and the mark of times is always represented by efforts, which are shocking or silent, nothing but coordinates and evidences of the great changes thanks to the hard work and concerted efforts all of one mind.
Bullet trains are running on a bridge in the prefecture of Hami, NW China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 22, 2015.(Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
The locals in their ethnic costumes are welcoming their first tourists arriving by high-speed rails “Apricots” at the Turpan North Station, March 21, 2015. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
Petroleum and gas pipelines project underway by Petro China in the Taklimakan Desert, July 27, 2013. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
On the scene of classes in a bilingual kindergarten in the township of Wutamu, Ruoqiang county, Bayingolin Mongolian autonomous prefecture, NW China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 9, 2012. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
The picture above: Housing improvement projects in progress at the rundown urban area on the Yuejin street, Urumqi, NW China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 25, 2015;
The picture below: The rundown urban area prior to its rebuilding, May 25, 2010. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
Trains are moving on the horizon, June 28, 2011. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
October 08, 2015
Xinjiang Xiaerxili Nature Reserve in the summer time, July 26, 2015. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
Since its founding on October 1, 1955, China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has spent 60 springs to the date. The advancement in the history is always embodied by some details and the mark of times is always represented by efforts, which are shocking or silent, nothing but coordinates and evidences of the great changes thanks to the hard work and concerted efforts all of one mind.
Bullet trains are running on a bridge in the prefecture of Hami, NW China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, May 22, 2015.(Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
The locals in their ethnic costumes are welcoming their first tourists arriving by high-speed rails “Apricots” at the Turpan North Station, March 21, 2015. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
Petroleum and gas pipelines project underway by Petro China in the Taklimakan Desert, July 27, 2013. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
On the scene of classes in a bilingual kindergarten in the township of Wutamu, Ruoqiang county, Bayingolin Mongolian autonomous prefecture, NW China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 9, 2012. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
The picture above: Housing improvement projects in progress at the rundown urban area on the Yuejin street, Urumqi, NW China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 25, 2015;
The picture below: The rundown urban area prior to its rebuilding, May 25, 2010. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
Trains are moving on the horizon, June 28, 2011. (Source: Tianshannet/Xinhua)
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Li Yizu: I Am a Xinjianger, Not a Foreigner -- Beijing Review
"I am not foreign," 77-year-old Li Yizu always tells people who mistake him as not-Chinese from his unusual appearance.
Li with his foster mother in the backyard of their home in Beijing in 1938 (FILE)
Orphaned by his parents in coastal Tianjin Municipality in 1938, Li still does not know who they are, what nationality they have, under what circumstances he was entrusted to his foster parents from Beijing.
Four-year-old Li Yizu in Beijing in 1942 (FILE)
He was a lucky boy. He received better education than most of his Chinese peers. In 1961, he graduated from Beijing Geological School and found a job in Beijing.
His job was exploring coalmines. Before his graduation, he had been to many cities around the country, leaving only northwest China untapped. Fueled by the government's call on the country's youngsters to build up the underdeveloped northwestern area, he came to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region with 50 other geologists and stayed there until today. Today all his sisters and brothers from his foster family have migrated to the United States and he is the family's only child that lives in China. Although his life as a coalmine explorer gave him many hardships and he had to drift from place to place, he was always optimistic and his love for Xinjiang has never changed.
"After I arrived in Xinjiang, I never wanted to leave. This place has beautiful scenery and kind people," Li said.
In addition to winning him more attention, his high nose, curled hair and deep eyes occasionally got him in trouble.
For several times he was stopped and interrogated while exploring mines in wild fields. He had to show his documents and explain why a foreign-looking man was bent over and digging in the desolated and remote area.
Li Yizu in Wenquan County,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as a mine prospector (FILE)
After arriving in Xinjiang, Li was assigned to explore coalmines. Most of the time, he and his colleagues spent months or even more than a year looking for mines in the wild, but he never complained about it. On the contrary, he felt fulfilled and proud of exploring areas few people could reach and seeing beautiful scenery that was unique to Xinjiang.
He never regrets choosing Xinjiang. "I did not feel pain. I feel good about my work. Whenever I saw the natural beauty, I forget all the hardness and fatigue," said Li.
What impressed him most is always the kindness of the Xinjiang people. In 1975, his car was stuck in ditch along the Ulungur River, one of the main rivers in Xinjiang. No one was in sight to help. He walked more than 1 mile to reach a shepherd's home. The house only had an old couple and several little kids. They did not hesitate to follow Li to rescue his car. Li was so moved that he could never forget that kind couple. Although his wife's home town was more than 2,500 miles away in south China, they decided to settle down in Xinjiang in 1972. "Both of us became real Xinjiangers," said Li.
After working in the wild for more than two decades, Li was offered a job in school and then became the headmaster of Urumqi No.41 Middle School before retiring in 1998. After his retirement, he began his life as a volunteer, teaching science to children.
Owning to his years of working experience in the wild, he tells stories about his adventure out in the open. He has traveled more than 56 counties and cities in Xinjiang and taught nearly 800 classes, but he never asked for a cent.
He tried all his best and never refused to learn new things and explore new fields. Now he can use computers to search for useful material on the Internet.
Li teaching science in schools as a volunteer after retirement (FILE)
He always wants to fulfil his life. In his 50s, he and his friend traveled on motorcycle for more than 5,500 miles from Xinjiang to Tianjin where he was adopted by his parents. In 2011, he took a group of TV men to film a documentary on a place little known to others in Xinjiang.
When asked why he loves Xinjiang so much. He said: "Xinjiang has beautiful water and mountains and nice people. I love this place and always want to do something for her."
"I am not foreign," 77-year-old Li Yizu always tells people who mistake him as not-Chinese from his unusual appearance.
Li with his foster mother in the backyard of their home in Beijing in 1938 (FILE)
Orphaned by his parents in coastal Tianjin Municipality in 1938, Li still does not know who they are, what nationality they have, under what circumstances he was entrusted to his foster parents from Beijing.
Four-year-old Li Yizu in Beijing in 1942 (FILE)
He was a lucky boy. He received better education than most of his Chinese peers. In 1961, he graduated from Beijing Geological School and found a job in Beijing.
His job was exploring coalmines. Before his graduation, he had been to many cities around the country, leaving only northwest China untapped. Fueled by the government's call on the country's youngsters to build up the underdeveloped northwestern area, he came to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region with 50 other geologists and stayed there until today. Today all his sisters and brothers from his foster family have migrated to the United States and he is the family's only child that lives in China. Although his life as a coalmine explorer gave him many hardships and he had to drift from place to place, he was always optimistic and his love for Xinjiang has never changed.
"After I arrived in Xinjiang, I never wanted to leave. This place has beautiful scenery and kind people," Li said.
In addition to winning him more attention, his high nose, curled hair and deep eyes occasionally got him in trouble.
For several times he was stopped and interrogated while exploring mines in wild fields. He had to show his documents and explain why a foreign-looking man was bent over and digging in the desolated and remote area.
Li Yizu in Wenquan County,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, as a mine prospector (FILE)
After arriving in Xinjiang, Li was assigned to explore coalmines. Most of the time, he and his colleagues spent months or even more than a year looking for mines in the wild, but he never complained about it. On the contrary, he felt fulfilled and proud of exploring areas few people could reach and seeing beautiful scenery that was unique to Xinjiang.
He never regrets choosing Xinjiang. "I did not feel pain. I feel good about my work. Whenever I saw the natural beauty, I forget all the hardness and fatigue," said Li.
What impressed him most is always the kindness of the Xinjiang people. In 1975, his car was stuck in ditch along the Ulungur River, one of the main rivers in Xinjiang. No one was in sight to help. He walked more than 1 mile to reach a shepherd's home. The house only had an old couple and several little kids. They did not hesitate to follow Li to rescue his car. Li was so moved that he could never forget that kind couple. Although his wife's home town was more than 2,500 miles away in south China, they decided to settle down in Xinjiang in 1972. "Both of us became real Xinjiangers," said Li.
After working in the wild for more than two decades, Li was offered a job in school and then became the headmaster of Urumqi No.41 Middle School before retiring in 1998. After his retirement, he began his life as a volunteer, teaching science to children.
Owning to his years of working experience in the wild, he tells stories about his adventure out in the open. He has traveled more than 56 counties and cities in Xinjiang and taught nearly 800 classes, but he never asked for a cent.
He tried all his best and never refused to learn new things and explore new fields. Now he can use computers to search for useful material on the Internet.
Li teaching science in schools as a volunteer after retirement (FILE)
He always wants to fulfil his life. In his 50s, he and his friend traveled on motorcycle for more than 5,500 miles from Xinjiang to Tianjin where he was adopted by his parents. In 2011, he took a group of TV men to film a documentary on a place little known to others in Xinjiang.
When asked why he loves Xinjiang so much. He said: "Xinjiang has beautiful water and mountains and nice people. I love this place and always want to do something for her."
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China-Thailand Friendship Cultural Trip Starts in Xinjiang
2015-11-16
A motorcade carrying nearly 80 people from China and Thailand will depart from Altay, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Monday, kicking off a cultural exchange trip marking 40 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
The motorcade will drive through five provinces/regions in China including Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and enter Thailand via Laos. A celebration ceremony will be held in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Dec. 13 before the motorcade finishes the trip and returns to China.
The trip is expected to last 37 days covering a total length more than 7,000 km. Multiple cultural events will be staged during the activity, journalists and visitors from both countries will visit cultural heritage sites, industrial landscapes, temples and destinations with ethnic characteristics.
Zhang Aiping, vice president of China International Culture Association said the trip is expected to promote cultural and tourism ties between China and Thailand and to promote cultural exchanges along the ancient silk road.
Sugree Sithivanich, Deputy Governor for Marketing Communications for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, said he expected the trip to further promote mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries.
The event is jointly hosted by China International Culture Association, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai-Chinese Cultural & Relationship Council and supported by China Association of Automobile Culture.
2015-11-16
A motorcade carrying nearly 80 people from China and Thailand will depart from Altay, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region on Monday, kicking off a cultural exchange trip marking 40 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
The motorcade will drive through five provinces/regions in China including Xinjiang, Gansu, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and enter Thailand via Laos. A celebration ceremony will be held in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on Dec. 13 before the motorcade finishes the trip and returns to China.
The trip is expected to last 37 days covering a total length more than 7,000 km. Multiple cultural events will be staged during the activity, journalists and visitors from both countries will visit cultural heritage sites, industrial landscapes, temples and destinations with ethnic characteristics.
Zhang Aiping, vice president of China International Culture Association said the trip is expected to promote cultural and tourism ties between China and Thailand and to promote cultural exchanges along the ancient silk road.
Sugree Sithivanich, Deputy Governor for Marketing Communications for the Tourism Authority of Thailand, said he expected the trip to further promote mutual understanding and friendship between the two countries.
The event is jointly hosted by China International Culture Association, Tourism Authority of Thailand, Thai-Chinese Cultural & Relationship Council and supported by China Association of Automobile Culture.
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Better late than never. I think economic development results in a better social-political environment. History, after all, is a reflection of economic interactions.
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Thai-Chinese school planned to boost rail specialists
10 Nov 2015
Thai-Chinese school planned to boost rail specialists | Bangkok Post: news
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"I heard from colleagues who participated in the operation that the military blew up the cave where the suspects were hiding," the report quoted Xinjiang police officer Ghalip Memethe as saying. — AP/File
BEIJING: Chinese security forces in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have killed 17 people, including women and children, accused of involvement in an attack at a coal mine that left at least 50 dead, United States (US)-based Radio Free Asia said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people have died in unrest in Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur people, and other parts of China over the past three years or so. China blames the violence on Islamist militants.
China has appealed for the international community to provide more help in its campaign against Xinjiang militants following the attacks in Paris, for which the self-styled militant group Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility.
The government has made no public comment about the September 18 attack at the Sogan colliery in Aksu, with Radio Free Asia reporting most casualties were members of the Han Chinese majority and police blaming knife-wielding separatists.
Radio Free Asia, citing Xinjiang police, said the 17 killed were all suspects in the attack, including three men believed to have been the ringleaders and their family members.
Repeated calls to the Xinjiang government seeking comment went unanswered.
"I heard from colleagues who participated in the operation that the military blew up the cave where the suspects were hiding," the report quoted Xinjiang police officer Ghalip Memethe as saying.
"That is why we were able to kill all of them with zero victims from our side. Seventeen corpses were gathered after the explosion."
On Saturday, state media microblogs published pictures provided by the Ministry of Public Security of armed police on what it said was a 56-day mission to root out militants in Xinjiang, though it gave no details of the target, only that all the suspects had been killed.
Some of those reports were later removed from the Internet.
Radio Free Asia said that report likely referred to the operation to find the suspects in the coal mine attack.
The Ministry of Public Security did not respond to requests for comment. While the government often gives details about violence in Xinjiang, it is not uncommon for them not to report certain incidents at all.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, the only government department that regularly answers questions from foreign reporters, said he knew nothing about the report.
Rights groups and exiles say the violence in Xinjiang stems more from widespread Uighur resentment at Chinese controls on their religion and culture rather than being committed by a well-organised militant group.
China strongly denies abusing human rights in Xinjiang, and says it is facing a determined campaign from Islamic radicals and separatists.
Chinese security forces kill 17 in Xinjiang: Radio Free Asia - World - DAWN.COM
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BEIJING: Chinese security forces in the restive far western region of Xinjiang have killed 17 people, including women and children, accused of involvement in an attack at a coal mine that left at least 50 dead, United States (US)-based Radio Free Asia said on Wednesday.
Hundreds of people have died in unrest in Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur people, and other parts of China over the past three years or so. China blames the violence on Islamist militants.
China has appealed for the international community to provide more help in its campaign against Xinjiang militants following the attacks in Paris, for which the self-styled militant group Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility.
The government has made no public comment about the September 18 attack at the Sogan colliery in Aksu, with Radio Free Asia reporting most casualties were members of the Han Chinese majority and police blaming knife-wielding separatists.
Radio Free Asia, citing Xinjiang police, said the 17 killed were all suspects in the attack, including three men believed to have been the ringleaders and their family members.
Repeated calls to the Xinjiang government seeking comment went unanswered.
"I heard from colleagues who participated in the operation that the military blew up the cave where the suspects were hiding," the report quoted Xinjiang police officer Ghalip Memethe as saying.
"That is why we were able to kill all of them with zero victims from our side. Seventeen corpses were gathered after the explosion."
On Saturday, state media microblogs published pictures provided by the Ministry of Public Security of armed police on what it said was a 56-day mission to root out militants in Xinjiang, though it gave no details of the target, only that all the suspects had been killed.
Some of those reports were later removed from the Internet.
Radio Free Asia said that report likely referred to the operation to find the suspects in the coal mine attack.
The Ministry of Public Security did not respond to requests for comment. While the government often gives details about violence in Xinjiang, it is not uncommon for them not to report certain incidents at all.
A spokesman for China's Foreign Ministry, the only government department that regularly answers questions from foreign reporters, said he knew nothing about the report.
Rights groups and exiles say the violence in Xinjiang stems more from widespread Uighur resentment at Chinese controls on their religion and culture rather than being committed by a well-organised militant group.
China strongly denies abusing human rights in Xinjiang, and says it is facing a determined campaign from Islamic radicals and separatists.
Chinese security forces kill 17 in Xinjiang: Radio Free Asia - World - DAWN.COM
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what a good title......what a typical CNN/BBC/Fox-ish title....
Judging from the title, you would take it granted that the 17 guys damned evil CCP killed are innocent...hehehe
what? the 17 guys are the murders killing 50+ miners/policemen???
well, it is indeed wrote here....well .....no... it was hidden between some lines...
the same word can be gifted to USA ,without much revision.
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Judging from the title, you would take it granted that the 17 guys damned evil CCP killed are innocent...hehehe
what? the 17 guys are the murders killing 50+ miners/policemen???
well, it is indeed wrote here....well .....no... it was hidden between some lines...
the same word can be gifted to USA ,without much revision.
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